Preliminary Framework for Human-Automation Collaboration

Oxstrand, Johanna Helene¹  Le Blanc, Katya Lee¹  Spielman, Zachary Alexander¹ 

[1] Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

关键词: REACTOR OPERATORS;    NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;    AUTOMATION;    DESIGN;    OPERATION;    PERFORMANCE;    RELIABILITY;    SAFETY;    MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS ART;    aSMR;    human-automation collaboration;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1245518
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT--15-36522
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1245518
Others  :  TRN: US1601194

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The Department of Energy???s Advanced Reactor Technologies Program sponsors research, development and deployment activities through its Next Generation Nuclear Plant, Advanced Reactor Concepts, and Advanced Small Modular Reactor (aSMR) Programs to promote safety, technical, economical, and environmental advancements of innovative Generation IV nuclear energy technologies. The Human Automation Collaboration (HAC) Research Project is located under the aSMR Program, which identifies developing advanced instrumentation and controls and human-machine interfaces as one of four key research areas. It is expected that the new nuclear power plant designs will employ technology significantly more advanced than the analog systems in the existing reactor fleet as well as utilizing automation to a greater extent. Moving towards more advanced technology and more automation does not necessary imply more efficient and safer operation of the plant. Instead, a number of concerns about how these technologies will affect human performance and the overall safety of the plant need to be addressed. More specifically, it is important to investigate how the operator and the automation work as a team to ensure effective and safe plant operation, also known as the human-automation collaboration (HAC). The focus of the HAC research is to understand how various characteristics of automation (such as its reliability, processes, and modes) effect an operator???s use and awareness of plant conditions. In other words, the research team investigates how to best design the collaboration between the operators and the automated systems in a manner that has the greatest positive impact on overall plant performance and reliability. This report addresses the Department of Energy milestone M4AT-15IN2302054, Complete Preliminary Framework for Human-Automation Collaboration, by discussing the two phased development of a preliminary HAC framework. The framework developed in the first phase was used as the basis for selecting topics to be investigated in more detail. The results and insights gained from the in-depth studies conducted during the second phase were used to revise the framework. This report describes the basis for the framework developed in phase 1, the changes made to the framework in phase 2, and the basis for the changes. Additional research needs are identified and presented in the last section of the report.